Method of building construction



F. LEIUHIENBERG AND M. M. McCAHTHY.

`NIETHDD 0F BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 0611213.1919- Patented July 27, 1920.

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FRED LICHTENBERG AND MICHAEL M. McAR'rHY, oF'Yo-NKEBS, NEW Yoan.

METHOD 0F BUILDINGCONSTBUGTION. i

Speeication of Letters Patent. Patented u ly Application filed October13, 1918. Serial No. 330,161.

To all whom t may fron/wa Be it known that we, Faun LlcirrnNnnRc andMICHAEL M. MUCARTIIY, citizens of the United States, residing atYonkers, in the county ot' Westchester and State ot' New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Methods of BuildingConstruction, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a method of building construction and hasfor an object to provide a method of construction which consists inemploying sections or slabs ot' material composed of reinforced plasticmaterial of such a nature that the sections ma;Y be secured to studdingor the like merely by driving nails or other suitable fasteners throughthe material into the studding. n

nother object of the invention is to provide a method of buildingconstruction of the character above set forth which consists inemploying slabs of reinforced plastic material., the reinforcementprojecting beyond the edges ot the slab whereby the slabs may be soarranged as to cause the projecting reinforcing element to lie inoverlapped or staggered relation whereby plastic material may besubsei'luently inserted in the spaces between the slabs and by bindingthe reinforcing elements of' the adjacent slabs to- ;l'etlicr Form aperlect bond.

ln addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements inthe details ot' construction and arrangement ot' parts, to behereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresj'ionding partsare designated by the same characters of reference throughout theseveral views in which they appear,

Figure l is a view in side elevation illustrating our method of buildingconstruction.

Fig. 2 is a detail view on an enlarged scale illustrating the manner inwhich the bond is formed, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of the precedingligure.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates a slab, the same beingpreferably oblong in configuration and consisting of a material which isplastic when wet and hard when dry. The composition ot the material maybe cement with sand, gravel or any other suitableillng agent and thecomposltion does not form a part of the present invention. Extendingthroughout the mass of the slab is a reinforcement of wire fabric whichmay be relatively coarse, and consisting of the vertical strands 11 andthe horizontal strands 12. The vertical strands are Yarrangedin pairsand formed with loops 18 at their ends, while the strands l2 areseparate and independent and roject beyond the vertical ends of the slaas shown in Fig. 2. Applied to the rear face of the slab 10 is a layerof hard paper 14 or the like, the edges of the paper extending beyondthe edges ot' the slab as shown at 15.

In use, the slabs are a lied to the studs 16 by means of nails li), thelatter being driven right through the material of: the slabs, and intoVthe studs, the nature ofthe material employed in forming the Slabs beingsuch as to stand the insertion of the penetrative elements withoutbreaking or cracking. The slabs are arranged in such a manner as tobreak the joints as shown in Fig. l and where adjacent ends of slabs areapplied to a stud, nails are driven through the ends of both slabs intothe Sallie stud. It will be noted that the slabs are in spaced relationowing to the projecting ends ot the reinforcing elements 11 and 12 andit also will be noted that the slabs are arranged relatively so that theloops 13 at the upper and lower edges of the slab will be in relativelyoverlapped or staggered relation. It will also be noted that at thevertical edges ot the slabs the projecting ends of the horizontalelement 12 are likewise arranged in overlapped or staggered relation.`The spaces between the slabs are then filled by means of a suitablebinding agent such as mortar as indicated at 18. It will be noted thatthe projecting edges l5 of the hard paper section 14- are disposed inoverlapping relation thus covering the joints between the slabs, andforming on the front side a base upon which the mortar joint 18 may beapplied. It will be obvious that it the inner surface of the slabs is tobe plastered that the tar paper will form a base upon which the plastermay be applied. Thus it will be seen that We have provided a novelmethod of building construction in which the material employed is easilytransportable. and which mayl be cheaply and quickly constructed. and wich is at the same time durable and easily applied. It will be apparentthat the provision of the tar paper renders the material air tight anddamp proof, the overlapping edges of the paper protecting the jointbetween the slabs. The relation of the reinforcing elelnents in themanner in which they are projected beyond the edges of the Slabs.enables the perfect bond to be formed between the slabs making the wallpractically a. monolithic construction. Other uses and advantages willreadily oecnr to those skilled in the art to which this inventionappeiiains.

While we have illustrated and described our invention with some degreeof particu-- larity we realize that in practire various alterationstherein may be made. le there fore reserve the right and privilefe ofchanging the form of the details o construction or otherwise alteringthe arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from thespirit ot' the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having` thns described our invention, what we claim as new and desire'to secure by `United States Letters Patent is:

AY wall construction comprising vertical spaced stndding, a plurality ofslabs of planted material nailed to said studding in broken jointformation with the edges of the slabs in spaced relation, eachV slabhaving a reinforcing element molded therein in a forni ot' a sheet ofwoven wire fabric theedges oi" which extend beyond the edges of theslab, the vertical strands of said reinforcingr element beingv looped atealh einh a horizontal strand straight with each end said loop beingVarranged between the loop of reinforcingr element oi adjacent slab andthe projecting edges of the horizontal strands being arranged inoverlailipine relation with respect to the projecting edges of thereinforcing element of adjacent slabs, a covering of tar paper upon therear face oi each slab said paper projecting beyond the edges of eachslab to a distance corresponding to the extent of projection of thereinforcing;r element tlieremt whereby said paper edges of adjacentslabs may be overlap ed, and a bond of plastered material iilleV inbetween the slabs.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatnres in presence of twowitnesses.

